Hook.



A. A. BERGER.

HOOK.

AYPLIOATION FILED FEB. 20, 1911.

1,002,629. Patented Sept. 5; 1911.

ALFRED A. BERGER, OF ARLINGTON, MINNESOTA.

HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Application filed February 20, 1911. Serial No. 609,671.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED A. BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Sibley and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hooks, and more particularly to that class adapted to be attached to a swingletree or the like and engage the cock-eye of the trace in such a manner as to hold the same against displacement.

The object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices of this character, rendering them comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eflicient in use and readily operated.

lVith the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my in vention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference the numeral 1 designates generally my improved hook which is illustrated as applied to the end of a swingletree 2 and engaging the cock-eye 3 of a trace 4.

My improved hook 1 consists of an upwardly and outwardly curved bar 5 of metal or the like, bent back upon itself as at 6, and in a substantially vertically extending cross head 7, outwardly offset at its lower end as indicated at 8, and being provided at its upper end with an outwardly extendingand upwardly curved locking member 9. The opposite end of the curved bar 5 is bifurcated as at 10, terminating in a pair of eyes 11, adapted to engage the outer terminal of the swingletree 2, as clearly illustrated in the drawings.

In assembling the device, the cock-eye 3 is slipped over the end of the offset 8, and then brought forwardly over the upper portion of the cross head 7 and locking member 9, to its proper position. The portion of the cross head 7 arranged below the extension 6 is greater in length than that portion arranged above, and is also greater in length than the greatest diameter of the cock-eye 8, which obviously prevents the same being displaced from the hook after it has once been applied.

From the foregoing disclosure taken in connection with the drawing, it will be man ifest that a hook of the nature described is provided for which will fulfil all of the necessary requirements of such a device.

Having thus fully described this inven tion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A hook such as described comprising a bar curved back upon itself in spaced rela tion thereto, a vertically extending cross head formed upon one end of the bar, a locking member formed upon one end of the cross head and extending in spaced relation to the curved bar, an offset formed upon the opposite end of the cross-bar, and eyes formed upon the opposite end of the curved bar for the purpose of attaching the same to any desired object.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED A. BERGER.

Witnesses:

W. F. ODELL, GEORGE BERGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

